Conservation news on Ocean Warming

Noisy reefs help young fish find their home

by Sue Palminteri 4 May 2018

Fish talk. They boom, buzz, croak, and chatter. They even create a dawn chorus similar to birds. Shrimp vocalize too, by snapping and popping. A reef’s soundscape—the variety of sounds…

Global warming, pollution supersize the oceans’ oxygen-depleted dead zones

by Basten Gokkon 9 January 2018

Vast swaths of the world’s oceans are turning into “dead zones” as global warming and pollution strips them of oxygen, threatening marine life on a massive scale, a new study…

Coral flourescing, a reaction to stressful conditions

Capturing the wonder and vulnerability of coral reefs in real-time: Q & A with the director of “Chasing Coral”

by Sue Palminteri 21 September 2017

Coral reefs support 25% of the world’s marine species, protect shorelines, support fisheries, and encourage eco-tourism—their global economic value is over US $30 billion per year. A new film, “Chasing…

Climate change may be choking the ocean’s oxygen supply, study shows

by Mic Smith 5 June 2017

Ocean oxygen levels have been dropping since the 1980s in a pattern consistent with expectations from global warming, according to a new analysis of 50 years of global ocean data.…

Economic impacts of climate change on global fisheries could be worse than we thought

by Mike Gaworecki 14 October 2016

Marine fisheries have been estimated to support the livelihoods of 10 to 12 percent of the world’s population and generate an average of $100 billion in revenue every year. But…

Ocean warming is “greatest hidden challenge of our generation,” according to IUCN

by Mike Gaworecki 6 September 2016

Global warming is changing Earth’s oceans and those impacts will last for decades even if we rein in greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, according to new research. A report…